Ophelia Crossland
Ophelia Crossland is a Ghanaian fashion designer
Born(1983-03-16)16 March 1983
Osu, Ghana
Occupation(s)Fashion Designer, Creative Director
SpouseKofi Okyere Darko[1]
Children2

Ophelia Akweley Okyere-Darko (born March 16, 1983) (née Crossland) is a Ghanaian fashion designer[2] and the Creative Director of Ophelia Crossland Designs Ltd and Ohemaa Kids.[3] Those Who Inspire Limited named her as part of the 75 'Most Inspiring Ghanaians in the world.[4]

Early life

Ophelia Crossland was born to Ghanaian Archaeologist Prof. Leonard Brighton Crossland[5] and Mrs Sarah Crossland and grew up in Accra with her twin brother and her elder sister Velma Owusu-Bempah.[6] She attended St Mary's Senior High School (Ghana) in Korle Gonno, Accra and proceeded to the Vogue Style School of Fashion and Design by Joyce Ababio where she was adjudged best graduating student in 2004.[7]

Career

Ophelia Crossland started her fashion career in 2004 and has made clothes for prominent personalities in Ghana including the former Speaker of Parliament, Joyce Bamford-Addo, the First Female Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Woods,[8] former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Gifty Anti, and Joselyn Dumas.

She was named as Swarovski's West African Ambassador in 2017.[9] Swarovski selected her to represent Ghana at their Fashion Exhibition in Dubai.[10] She also costumed outfits for the cast of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s Love Or Something Like That in 2014.

She was also credited with the making of the gown Ghana's Miss Universe representative wore on the night of the finals in Thailand.[11]

In September 2019, Crossland was announced as Africa and Ghana's sole representative at the Global Qipao Invitational Exhibition at the China National Silk Museum Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.[12] The theme for the 2019 exhibition was "Weddings" and she created the Qipao with Ghana's Kente [13][14]

Vogue Italia also featured her charity work with Ghanaian head porters popularly known as Kayayei in fashion.[15][16]

Personal life

She is married to Ghanaian Broadcaster and fashion designer, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) and they have two daughters.[17][18]

Awards

Womenswear designer of the Year at the 2018 Glitz Style Awards[19]

She also won the best wardrobe and costume designer for her work with Love Or Something Like That at the Ghana Movie Awards.

Winner of the Swarovski Training Workshop Award and Swarovski Brand Ambassador[9]

References

  1. ↑ Ernest Dela Aglanu. "My marriage is intact – KOD debunks divorce reports". Myjoyonline. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ↑ "KOD's Wife In Fashion Show". GhanaWeb. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Jackie Appiah, Sarkodie, Others Featured In 'Those Who Inspire Ghana'". DailyGuide Network. 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  5. ↑ Nutor, Benjamin Kofi (2014), "Crossland, Leonard Brighton", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer, pp. 1831–1832, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2358, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2
  6. ↑ "The Crossland bead collection in the Museum of Archaeology Leonard Brighton Crossland". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Ophelia Crossland opens up – My Fashion, My Career, My Husband". GhanaWeb. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  8. ↑ AfricaNews (2017-06-10). "Ghana's first female chief justice retires: 10 facts about Georgina Wood". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. 1 2 "Ophelia Crossland Named Swarovski Ambassador". DailyGuide Network. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Ophelia Crossland For Swarovski Fashion Exhibition In Dubai". www.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  11. ↑ Nartey, Laud. "'Akpene Diata Hoggar', Exclusive Q&A with Miss Universe Ghana 2018". www. Retrieved 2019-07-25. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  12. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Ophelia Crossland Represents Ghana At Global Fashion Exhibition In China". m.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  13. ↑ "Meet the only African designer showcasing at the global Qipao fashion exhibition in China [Photos]". Face2Face Africa. 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  14. ↑ Tollo, Yaw (2019-09-19). "Ophelia Crossland is taking Ghanaian Kente to the global fashion exhibition in China". Bra Perucci Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  15. ↑ "African Fashion Foundation: the Kayaye Project". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  16. ↑ Feitelberg, Rosemary (2020-04-09). "Fashion 4 Development Plans Sustainability Meeting at the U.N., Launching Talks About COVID-19". WWD. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  17. ↑ "My marriage is intact – KOD debunks divorce reports - MyJoyOnline.com". Myjoyonline. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  18. ↑ "Popular radio and TV host, Kofi Okyere Darko and wife Ophelia Crossland 10th Wedding Anniversary Photos". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  19. ↑ "Glitz Style Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". GhanaWeb. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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